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Display Objects and Altar Objects: What Belongs...
The same object can be a display piece or an altar piece, and the difference is not the object — it is where you put it and what you do...
Display Objects and Altar Objects: What Belongs...
The same object can be a display piece or an altar piece, and the difference is not the object — it is where you put it and what you do...
Pairing a Censer and a Figure on a Small Surface
A censer and a figure are the two things almost every small altar needs, and they are the two easiest to get wrong together. Not because either is bad, but...
Pairing a Censer and a Figure on a Small Surface
A censer and a figure are the two things almost every small altar needs, and they are the two easiest to get wrong together. Not because either is bad, but...
Gifts for a Meditation Space: By Person, By Budget
Most gift guides for this category are lists of objects. This one is organised the other way round: by the person you are buying for, and by what they will...
Gifts for a Meditation Space: By Person, By Budget
Most gift guides for this category are lists of objects. This one is organised the other way round: by the person you are buying for, and by what they will...
Singing Bowls: How They Sound and How to Choose...
A singing bowl is a struck instrument, not a bell. It makes its sound from the rim, and how you hold it matters as much as how you strike it....
Singing Bowls: How They Sound and How to Choose...
A singing bowl is a struck instrument, not a bell. It makes its sound from the rim, and how you hold it matters as much as how you strike it....
Chinese Ritual Swords: Form, Display and What t...
The swords sold as Chinese or Daoist ritual objects are not weapons. They are instruments for a rite, and the form follows the ritual rather than the blade. That is...
Chinese Ritual Swords: Form, Display and What t...
The swords sold as Chinese or Daoist ritual objects are not weapons. They are instruments for a rite, and the form follows the ritual rather than the blade. That is...
Prayer Wheels: What They Are and How to Choose One
A prayer wheel is a cylinder you spin. The spinning is the practice, not the decoration. That single fact explains most of what you need to know before buying one:...
Prayer Wheels: What They Are and How to Choose One
A prayer wheel is a cylinder you spin. The spinning is the practice, not the decoration. That single fact explains most of what you need to know before buying one:...